anti-Sunni

adjective

Opposed to Sunnis or Sunnism.

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Meanings

adjectiveanti-Sunni (comparative more anti-Sunni, superlative most anti-Sunni)

comparative more anti-Sunni · superlative most anti-Sunni

  1. Opposed to Sunnis or Sunnism.

    Are these Shia bad guys, militia-types, anti-Sunni?

    2012, Eamon Kolarity, The Book on Joshua: Love at War in Iraq, page 546
    2 more examples

    Two days after his resignation from the CIA unit in charge of fomenting anti-Sunni sentiments among the Shia community […]

    2013, Ali Alizadeh, Transactions

    In multiple interviews the International Crisis Group found that “Iraqis relate countless stories of anti-Sunni violence by Security forces despite a nearby U.S. presence […]

    2012, Rogers Smith, Varieties of Sovereignty and Citizenship, page 88

Origin

From anti- + Sunni.

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APA

anti-Sunni. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Sunni

MLA

“anti-Sunni.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Sunni. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-Sunni,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Sunni.

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